Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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WWUS53 KFSD 281310
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
810 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

SDC067-125-135-281330-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-110828T1330Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-TURNER SD-YANKTON SD-
810 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
YANKTON...WEST CENTRAL TURNER AND SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 830 AM CDT...

AT 810 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
WALNUT SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENNO...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKER...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYFIELD AROUND 825 AM CDT...

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD...WHEREAS OTHER STORMS ARE 
MOVING SOUTHEAST. LARGE HAIL IS A DEFINITE THREAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4315 9764 4317 9764 4317 9768 4320 9778
      4336 9772 4326 9724 4305 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1310Z 283DEG 41KT 4323 9753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MJF

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WWUS53 KFSD 281326
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
826 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

SDC067-125-135-281336-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-110828T1330Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-TURNER SD-YANKTON SD-
826 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YANKTON...WEST 
CENTRAL TURNER AND SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 830 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...BUT HAS MOVED INTO OTHER AREAS CURRENTLY UNDER WARNINGS IN 
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4315 9764 4317 9764 4317 9768 4320 9778
      4336 9772 4326 9724 4305 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 283DEG 41KT 4318 9729

$$

MJF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
455 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2011

.DISCUSSION...

OVERALL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN U.S.
HAVE CHANGED FAIRLY LITTLE OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH RIDGE BACKING
JUST A BIT FARTHER WESTWARD...A LITTLE MORE ESTABLISHED SUBTROPICAL
FLOW UP THE BACK SIDE...AND STRONGER NORTHWEST FLOW ESTABLISHED ACROSS
THE IMMEDIATE AREA. EVENING RAOBS EXHIBIT A FAIRLY STRONG SHEAR IN
PLACE IN LAYER ABOVE 2KM...THANKS TO A 55-60 KT MID LEVEL FLOW.
SURFACE RIDGE IN PLACE FROM MINNESOTA TO IOWA FEEDING DRIER AIR IN
FROM THE EAST...BUT SLIGHTLY STRONGER RETURN FLOW BRINGING SOME
MARGINAL MOISTURE THE LONG WAY THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS. COMPLEX OF
STORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA HEADING SOUTHEAST...AND
IN LAST HALF HOUR OR SO ISOLATED MID LEVEL STORMS HAVE POPPED WEST
OF THE JAMES VALLEY. CHALLENGE TODAY IS AGAIN CONVECTIVE TIMING
AND PLACEMENT.

FOR THE SHORT TERM...CONVECTIVE MODE AT THE START WILL BE DOMINATED
BY ISOLATED SUPERCELLS...AS STORMS ALREADY SHOWING GOOD ROTATING
CORES AT QUICK EARLY DEVELOPMENT. 45 TO 55 KNOTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR
INDICATED ON ANALYSIS...AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT
IN AVAILABLE CAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG. THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WOULD
SEEM TO BE MAINLY ISOLATED LARGE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. THIS AXIS OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL PUSH SLOWLY EASTWARD
FROM A HURON TO YANKTON LINE TOWARD DAYBREAK. AT THE SAME TIME...
COMPLEX OF STORMS TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST PER
ANY OF THE MYRIAD OF SHORT RANGE MODELS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE
ELEVATED MIXED LAYER...AFFECTING AREAS GENERALLY FROM THE JAMES
VALLEY EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. AN INCREASINGLY BETTER
ENVIRONMENT SHOULD RESULT IN SOME UPSCALE GROWTH AND INTENSIFICATION
AT LEAST THROUGH MID MORNING...AND LOOK FOR STORMS ON THIS COMPLEX
FLANK TO ALSO BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL BEFORE WEAKENING OF COMPLEX
BEGINS. WILL TIME THE FEATURES GENERALLY ALONG WITH THE SUBTLE UPPER
WAVE IN ND AS IT MOVES TOWARD IA BY MIDDAY. BY AFTERNOON...LIKELY
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ACTION REMAINING IN SOUTHEASTERN CWA.  THE EFFECT
OF CONVECTION CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE FOR A DIFFICULT
TEMPERATURE FORECAST...AND HEDGED THINGS DOWN A BIT WITH THE POST
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS/STABILIZATION LIKELY TO PUT DAMPER ON WARMING.

HEADING INTO TONIGHT...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE UNDER CLEARING SKIES WILL
LIKELY ALLOW FOR AT LEAST SOME PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP
LATER IN THE NIGHT. IF RAINFALL BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD OR
SIGNIFICANT...MAY GET SOME AREAS OF DENSE FOG FROM ERN SD INTO NW IA.

BOUNDARY LOOKS NOW LIKE IT WILL DISSIPATE OUTSIDE OUT NORTHERN
DOORSTEP LATER ON MONDAY...BUT NOT A LOT OF FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION
UNTIL AT LEAST LATER IN THE DAY...WHEN A FAIRLY DISTINCT UPPER WAVE
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING.
AIRMASS AT LOWER LEVELS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT DRY OVER MOST OF
AREA...AND TRIMMED BACK TO ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE LATER IN AFTERNOON
AROUND KHON/KBKX AREAS.

GOING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY...AN ILL TIMED WAVE WILL
MOVE THROUGH AS FLOW TRANSITIONS FROM NORTHWEST TO EVENTUAL
SOUTHWEST. GOOD STRONG THETA E ADVECTION WITH STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL JET...FOCUS FOR MONDAY NIGHT PRIMARILY FROM MID JAMES TO LOWER
MISSOURI VALLEY...PUSHING NORTH AND EAST WITH BUILDING RIDGE THROUGH
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.

OTHER THAN THREAT FOR A LINGERING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE FAR
NORTHEAST AREAS VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY IN ELEVATED WARM ADVECTION
ZONE...SHOULD THEREAFTER THROUGH THURSDAY END UP CAPPED OFF TO
ANY MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WILL SHAKE OFF ANY TENDENCY FOR
LOW LEVEL DRYING...AND MAKE FOR A VERY WARM AND HUMID PERIOD.
THURSDAY HAS POTENTIAL TO BE VERY WARM...AND MAY BE UNDERDOING
TEMPERATURES GIVEN THE MINIMAL CHANCE FOR AN EAST OF SOUTH COMPONENT
TO WINDS...LIKELY EVEN MORE SOUTHWEST IN THE PRE FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT.
DID RAISE TEMPERATURE...BUT MAY NEED MORE AS A FEW SOLUTIONS
INDICATE SHALLOW MIXING TOWARD 100 NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE
LOWER JAMES/LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY. /CHAPMAN

&&

.AVIATION...
A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...NOW LOCATED IN CENTRAL ND...IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING.  TIMING WOULD
PLACE IT AT OUR NORTHERN BORDER AROUND 12Z...AND FINALLY REACHING
THE KSUX AREA AROUND 15Z. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COULD BRING A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS A FEW
HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. A FEW STORMS WITH STRONG GUSTS AND MARGINAL
HAIL IS POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL CLEAR OUT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
AFTER 18Z. LINGERING MOISTURE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY
FOG DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
604 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-291200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
604 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
HAIL FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE FROM THE LOWER JAMES VALLEY
THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR TOWARD SIOUX CITY.
ADDITIONALLY...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA WILL DROP SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF THE JAMES VALLEY STARTING AFTER SUNRISE.  THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HAIL TO WALNUT SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60
MPH...TRACKING AS FAR EAST AS THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THROUGH
MIDDAY. BY AROUND NOON...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD DIMINISH...WITH A FEW LINGERING STORMS ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

FLOODING...
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE JAMES RIVER WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS...BUT RIVER LEVELS WILL
SEE A SLOW BUT STEADY DROP. BARRING HEAVY RAINS...THE JAMES RIVER
IS EXPECTED TO BE LARGELY BELOW FLOOD STAGE DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF SEPTEMBER.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER BETWEEN FORT
RANDALL DAM AND NEAR PONCA NEBRASKA...WITH RIVER LEVELS
CONTINUING TO DROP VERY SLOWLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE MISSOURI VALLEY ON
MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE THREAT FOR STORMS GRADUALLY SPREADING
NORTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...ALONG
WITH THE RISK FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE THROUGH NOON ALONG AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 29.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

CHAPMAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
626 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 AM     HAIL             8 NNE FULTON            43.84N 97.76W
08/28/2011  E0.88 INCH       HANSON             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED THROUGH 605 AM.

&&

JCHAPMAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
707 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0652 AM     HAIL             BRIDGEWATER             43.55N 97.50W
08/28/2011  M1.00 INCH       MCCOOK             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0700 AM     HAIL             BRIDGEWATER             43.55N 97.50W
08/28/2011  M1.00 INCH       MCCOOK             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CONTINUATION OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

JCHAPMAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
728 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0727 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 W HURON               44.36N 98.28W
08/28/2011  E60 MPH          BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JCHAPMAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
749 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 AM     HAIL             FREEMAN                 43.35N 97.43W
08/28/2011  E2.00 INCH       HUTCHINSON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0747 AM     HAIL             FREEMAN                 43.35N 97.43W
08/28/2011  E0.50 INCH       HUTCHINSON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MDB